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R.I. Senate President Ruggerio dies at 76

PROVIDENCE – Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio, D-North Providence, the most senior member of the Statehouse, died Monday morning at the age of 76,...

‘Sixth Sense’ director, ‘The Notebook’ author filming movie in R.I.

PROVIDENCE – Notable director M. Night Shyamalan and best-selling author Nicholas Sparks are teaming up on a movie set to be filmed in the...

Bissaillon resubmits bill to prevent liens on homes over medical debt

PROVIDENCE – Sen. Jacob E. Bissaillon, D-Providence, has introduced legislation to prohibit the attachment of liens against Rhode Islanders’ homes because of medical debt. The...
THE R.I. COASTAL Resources Management Council voted unanimously in January to deny the Quidnessett Country Club’s attempt to keep its illegal seawall, but that popular decision did little to quell calls for the CRMC to be abolished. / COURTESY SAVE THE BAY STAFF VIA THE RHODE ISLAND CURRENT

Several CRMC bills to consider, but will there be any change...

Some state leaders and one of Rhode Island's largest environmental groups have failed in recent years to dismantle the embattled R.I. Coastal Resources Management...

Gu to lead Senate Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies

PROVIDENCE – Sen. Victoria Gu, D-Westerly, has been appointed by Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio to lead the seven-member Senate Committee on Artificial Intelligence and...

Legislators concerned about fate of Roger Williams, Fatima in wake of...

PROVIDENCE – Several lawmakers in the R.I. House of Representatives are raising concerns about the fate of Roger Williams Medical Center and Our Lady...

General Assembly opens 2025 legislative session

PROVIDENCE – State lawmakers convened on Smith Hill Tuesday to officially start the six-month 2025 legislative session.  As is customary, House and Senate leaders delivered...
THE WARMUP: A legislative study commission on climate change meets in December at the Statehouse, weeks before the full General Assembly convenes to start the 2025 legislative session. Testifying are Thomas Guthlein, left, R.I. Emergency Management Agency associate director; and Melinda Hopkins, the agency’s planning branch chief. 
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FALLING SHORT: Projected $330M deficit has General Assembly prepping for belt-tightening

For Rhode Island legislators, what’s old is new again. After three years of surpluses, state budget officials are now projecting that the government is facing...
WHILE MANY PEOPLE are pointing the finger at Deloitte Consulting LLP over the cyber breach of the state's RIBridges program, Kaustubh Medhe, vice president of research and cyber threat intelligence for California-based Cyble Inc., feels the state should bear some responsibility for what happened. / PBN FILE PHOTO / WILLIAM HAMILTON

Public blame over RIBridges cyber breach points to Deloitte. But what...

PROVIDENCE – For the second year in a row, an infrastructure breakdown has made it a long December for Rhode Islanders. Oddly enough, it involves...
SEN. SANDRA CANO, D-Pawtucket, announced late Thursday she is resigning from the R.I. Senate and will not seek reelection this year. / COURTESY R.I. GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Sandra Cano resigns to take possible new job with SBA

PROVIDENCE – Sen. Sandra Cano, D-Pawtucket, who has served in the R.I. General Assembly for the last six years and recently had a brief...
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